Made with a rugged, brushed aluminum case and Cherry MX Red mechanical switches

Mar 21, 2013 08:22 GMT  ·  By

Corsair has shown itself to be not quite as enthusiastic as Logitech when updating its gaming peripheral collection, but equally thorough in its design and manufacturing efforts.

That is to say, while Logitech introduced a whole new collection of G-Series PC Gaming Peripherals (keyboards, headsets, mice), Corsair chose the lone product launch tactic.

That is how the Vengeance K70 mechanical keyboard debuted on its own, with a full press release exclusively dedicated to it.

It has Cherry MX Red mechanical switched, a rugged case made of brushed aluminum, a 1000Hz reporting rate, and 100% anti-ghosted matrix, plus 20-key rollover.

Dedicated multimedia controls are, naturally, part of the feature set as well, along with a removable soft-touch wrist rest and an extra USB connector (good for attaching Vengeance gaming mice, headsets or other devices without having to dig behind the PC).

"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version," said Ruben Mookerjee, VP and general manager of the peripherals business unit at Corsair.

"In typical Corsair fashion, we over-delivered and created Vengeance K70 with key-by-key backlighting, mechanical switches on every key, and two color schemes."

Speaking of color schemes, there is a Vengeance K70 with black and deep red backlighting, plus a second model with silver aluminum and blue backlighting.

Key-by-key lighting customization lets owners highlight just the keys they want, useful and less distracting at night when the room lights are off. Settings are saved directly to the K70's onboard memory.

Finally, Corsair's K70 gaming keyboard ships with alternate colored contoured keycaps for the WASD and 1-6 buttons. They serve the same highlighting purpose as the customizable backlighting but during the day, when said light is unnecessary.

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